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- METHOD OF MAKING HEDD L E WIRES.

NO 366,056. Patented-July 5, 1887;

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UNITED STATES PATENT ()FFICE.

JAMES H. WILLIAMS, OE UTIOA, NEW YORK.

METHOD OF MAKING HEDDLE-WIRES.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 366,056, dated July 5,18 87.

Application filed April 3, 1886. Serial No. 197,752.

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, J AMES H. WILLIAMs, a citizen of the United States,residing at Utica, in the county of Oneida and State of New York, haveinventedcertain new and useful Improvements in the Method of MakingHeddle-Wires; and I do declare the following to be a full, clear, andexact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilledin the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, referencebeing had to the accompanying drawings, and to letters or figures ofreference marked thereon, which form a part of this specification.

Figure l of the drawings is a representation of this invention, and is atop View. is an edge view.

lhe invention is an improved method of making stock for loom nails orheddles, and the accompanying drawings show the stock so formed, Adesignating the wire portion thereof, and B the bosses or swells, inwhich the eyes are bored after the stock is made.

The stock is produced by taking rods of annealed metal of properdiameter and drawing the same through dies that open at regularintervals of time. The dies by their action produce stems of equaldiameter between the bosses, which are at equal distances apart,

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claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent,

The herein described method of making heddle-stocks for loomsnvhiehmethod consists ,in drawing an annealed metal rod between suitable diesthat open and close at regular intervals of time to produce a flat bosshaving a regular oval contour, similar on each side of its transversecentral line and forming, when closed, a stem port-ion between thebosses, of equal diameter throughout its entire length.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

- JAMES H. \VILLIAMS.

Witnesses:

FREDERIO 13.11am, GRANVILLE W. WILLIAMs.

